6 CXXVIII. NYCTAGINB^. [MMUie^. 



2 Perianthium basi breriter ovoideum ; anthocarpium erectum, clavatum t. ellipsoideum, crasse 5- 

 costatum Hue pertinent : Boerfuiavia erccta, Chois., an Torr.? in Bot. Emory Exped. 171, antho- 

 earpus ellipsoideis, et species nova, 8. CouUeri, Hook, f ., anthocarpio clavato truncate. 



miLrr'?*Tr"^'Tf '■"'■' !'i!-^™f '^°'"'"- ^'- '''■ 2' ^v. 259.-Flores stibsolitarii, 

 mmute bracteolati. Penanthn tubus elongatus, ima basi ovoideus, inflatuB, supra 



oyanum conBtnc*us ; limLus infuiidibulaxis, 5-lobus, plicatus. Stamina 2-5, filamentis 



flbfonmbus imequilougis basi m cupulam connatis ; anther* didyma., exserta, Ovarium 



'^r^^J^^L^r^^^-^ P^^-" ^«^vi._ Anthocarpium 



truncatiun 



crassis suberosiB l^vibus, humectat.«i mucosum. Utriculus oblongus, pericaipio tenui 

 iZniiT- '' ' Pe"carpio adh.-erens ; embryo incurvus, cotyledonibus lati/tenuibus 



trana. -Fruticuh V. herbal, .suborccti v. diffusi, diohotome ramcsi, cano-pubescontes v 

 glabrescontes. Foha opposita, petiolata, paribus interdum in.o^qnalibus, integcn^ma nun^ 

 crasBiuscula. FlorcB tenniiiales et axillares, ..pius solitarii, albidi, puberub v gSbri 



Species 6, Texana> et Novo-Hoxicanae. Torr. Bot. Kimry Exped. 1 70, t. 46 

 ^ Genus a Baillonio fiist. PI. ir. 4, ad sectionem Mirahilis redncitur. Pk.xtacbophvs A Grav 

 m Amcr. Jaurn. So. ser. 2. xt. 261, .i Torr. Bot.&mry Exped. 170 t 47 B nobis v^.^^ J', ,7^ 

 .pec es antbocarpiis dimorpbis, quorum alia tuber^^s 5 U^ '::^ ^^^^.^Z^rlH 



Stir":: t::^:jT '"'™"^- '^™'°^ ' -^ '''''^- '--^ -^ ^ «»- -^ "^ 



8. Selinocarpas, A. Gray in Amer. Journ Sir wr 9 -v-^ oao t?i -. « , 



PeriantMiim inWibulare'v. cyatMfo.:::;?: Ze^i v^.^^g^^f W trnpTet:' "t 

 mflato supra ovarium constricto ; limbus breviter 5-lobus, lobis plicatis St" n^na 2 T 

 r. 5, filamentis filiformibus in^quilongis, ima basi in cupukm conna J Lnt W dTd^ '' 

 exserta,. Ovarium ovotdeum ; stylus capillaris, exsertus, stigmato mi;uto pe tato ^vl' 

 Anthocarpium compressum, late 3^5-alatum, nucleo coriaceo an»u,to Z!^ peltato tevi. 

 ooso vaUde costato, alis membranaceis hyalines enerviisXcu^urmP, 7 'f"^^' 



Semims testa pericarpio adha^rens ; embryo conduplls cSdo^Z ""T'^^K """ 

 farinaceum involventibus, radicula' elonga'a descenlulr^SS-Hrrm^S^^^^^ 

 baai hgnosoe, dichotome ramosa^, cano-pubescentes FnlJ. r.,. ! T ."^^^^^caulos, 



petiolata, integerrima v. marginibns sLu'r ^^^refb vefr t^^^^^^^^^^ 



axillares. aa^ne pr^cocns. ^ ^- ^^^^^S<iti, terminales v. 



axillares, aaope praicoces. 

 Spec 



Torr. Bot. Emory Exped. 170, L 47. 



«uum infundibular, ^bo graeili bas^^lh" ZJ^TZ::^^^, !SZ 



filif oralis, stigmate capitato hori "o ' AntT • "'*" ?'''"'™ °^''^"^'" ' ^*^1"^' 



paulio attenuatuin et Lrvatum 10^ atum w'" t?""": " """™' '''^"'^'™' ^^^^ 

 fragili. Utriculus oblongus ^Li a^u us .1 ? transverse plicatis, eudocarpio 



cotyledonibus mi,,iis obtva^is'^l^^r faJilac^ ^Ze^S^Z^T^-'^^' 

 descendente extraria.-Herba Mostrata <,I„.;.....! .i. !!'^'^'"*'^"f.' "^'^""''^ '-■^""JJata 



Herba prostrata, glutinoso-tomcntosa. 



imequalibus, petiolata, integerriu.a. Pe Junculi axUlai-r sXti-ii 1 T "'^"*"' f "'"" 

 post anthesin elongati et tetram intrantes .^fi!! :'*'""' ^-^°"' P""'"™ '^'■'^--«, 



maturandum. jreriantnium 



polhcare, tenerum, purpureum, extus glutinosum. 



Species 1, in aronosis prope Vera Cmv Mr,^;^; ^' ^» . 



Fructn., a nobis non visus. ' ^"'" ^'g^^^-C^"- « ^C i'.o,;,. ^iii. ;;. ^^g. 



10. Hermldlnm, S. Wats. Bvt. 40 Parall 286 t -^Q .f P , n i-^ ■■ „ 

 oxinvolucrati, bracteati, costis bractearum siuLl f ' • ^"^*-^' "" ^' "^'^— I^oros 



